We couldn’t have asked for a nicer day last week at the 54th annual Houston Association of Professional Landmen Golf Tournament. The sun was shining for the hundreds of golfers and sponsors that came out to Kingwood Country Club for the festivities.

As usual the iLandMan cooking team arrived early with our trailer full of supplies and got set up with a crowd gathering on the driving range right behind us. We started the morning out with some hot Starbucks coffee for the early birds, and after the golfers …

Last week iLandMan had the privilege of attending and also sponsoring the 2016 LAPL Fall Educational Seminar held at the Petroleum Club in Lafayette, LA. The one day event was well attended by local landmen who were instructed by oil and gas attorneys on such topics as: production in paying quantities (what is enough?), unitization and regulatory issues common in Louisiana, recent legislative and jurisprudence of interest to oil and gas landmen, the “exciting” risk fee talk, and an ethics presentation.

“What a difference a month makes!” This was the consensus at the annual PBLA Eric Hanson Memorial Sporting Clay Shoot last week in Midland, TX where the cool weather was quite a pleasant surprise to everyone who came out early for the big event. The iLandMan breakfast station was wiped out of Starbucks coffee and Jumburrito breakfast goodies within an hour and the first flight of shooters were itching to get out on the course.

The first group of shooters made their rounds and began returning to the clubhouse, …